Complexity Economics. A paradigm shift.

Una breve introducción.

  • Ernesto Xavier Vera Gómez Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Keywords: Complexity, Structure, Adaptation, System

Abstract

This research is an introduction to the economics of complexity. The Complex Adaptive Systems (cas) gives us theoretical tools as instrumental to be able to address economic phenomena better than the traditional economy. The current state of traditional economics is briefly put into context, arguing that economics as a science needs to take a step forward, to achieve a paradigm shift in modelling. We conclude that cas help us to make approximations of economic phenomena without proposing such restrictive assumptions in the initial conditions of economic models.

 

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Author Biography

Ernesto Xavier Vera Gómez, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

Ernesto X. Vera Gómez is an Economist at the Universidad de Guayaquil in Ecuador, Master of Economic Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) and PhD in Economics Sciences at the UAM. He was co-organizer of the seminar “Complexity Economics”. It also organizes the programming seminar in Julia.

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Published
07-08-2024
How to Cite
Vera Gómez, E. X. (2024). Complexity Economics. A paradigm shift. Denarius, 2(47), 11-40. https://doi.org/10.24275/uam/izt/dcsh/denarius/v2024n47/Vera